I often had moments while reading that I was waiting for her to make a point, and then either the point never came (and instead a new topic was breached), or the point had nothing to do with the arguments she had been discussing in the past pages. She often talks in circles, interprets statistics and/or research wrongly, and hops from topic to topic as if it’s nothing. However, my problem with Whole Woman is the fact that most of Greer’s arguments are invalid, regardless of her tone. I don’t think that an attitude such as Greer’s is necessarily unhelpful, disempowering, or anything else that people have named, and I don’t think that her anger is making her points and/or arguments invalid or at least worth less.

For anyone interested in the future of womanhood, The Whole Woman is a must-read.įirst of all, I’m afraid I have to disagree with most reviewers saying that they have problems with the book and/or Germaine Greer herself because of her angry tone. Whether it's liposuction or abortion, Barbie or Lady Diana, housework or sex work, Greer always has an opinion, and as one of the most brilliant, glamorous, and dynamic feminists of all time, her opinions matter. She mordantly attacks 'lifestyle feminists' who blithely believe they can have it all, and argues for a fuller, more organic idea of womanhood. With passionate rhetoric, outrageous humor, and the authority of a lifetime of thought and observation, she trains a sharp eye on the issues women face at the turn of the century.įrom the workplace to the kitchen, from the supermarket to the bedroom, Greer exposes the innumerable forms of insidious discrimination and exploitation that continue to plague women around the globe. In this thoroughly engaging new book, the fervent, rollicking, straight-shooting Greer, is, as ever, 'the ultimate agent provocateur' ( Mirabella). No feminist writer can match her for eloquence or energy none makes laugh the way she does.'- The Washington Post Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer is back with the sequel she vowed never to write.

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